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This wooden wall mounted temple is just what your space needs. The brass inlay minaret on the face gives this cabinet the right look for a pious and meditative space. You can mount this piece in a corner and put potted plants in brass planters to create a calm space. The brass detailing ensures that it stands out. The cabinet or temple also comes with drawers on the bottom, decorated with brass fittings and stencils. You can use this useful piece of furniture to house your religious deities.
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According to the CIA, somewhere around 245 million people in the U.S. were Internet users in 2009. Coming from different backgrounds, geographies, ideologies and socioeconomic situations, you'd expect there to be about 245 million different approaches to privacy on the Internet, and for them to be constantly evolving, too. Nonetheless, says Kai Larsen, a 2011 study broke us all down into four types: unconcerned Internet users, circumspect Internet users, wary Internet users and alarmed Internet users.
Larsen is an associate professor at the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business, where he teaches a course called Privacy in the Age of Facebook.
The study asked people to rate, from "not at all concerned" to "extremely concerned" a variety of situations, such as "You receive e-mail from a company whose Web page you recently visited" and "You receive an e-mail and have no idea how the company got your address."
The unconcerned accounted for 16 percent of the study's respondents, circumspect 38 percent, wary 43 percent and alarmed 3 percent. Even if those percentages didn't then or don't now exactly accurately reflect how many people are really in those categories, the categories are useful. They give us options.
Which kind of Internet user are you?
"Unconcerned" Internet users either don't know or don't care that their information is being collected and sold as companies assemble incredibly detailed profiles on them. Moving toward the "alarmed" Internet user category, you get increasing levels of both awareness and concern.
Tim Shisler, 30, lives in Broomfield and is the father of a 2-month-old girl. But in his first job out of college, he worked in public relations for an online security company, where he learned that the Internet isn't infallible.
"It never came as a big surprise when you'd hear about sites being attacked," he says. There are risks to being free with your personal information — but your personal information is also the fuel for so much of today's wondrous technology.
"We're in an age today where there's a trade-off for your user experience," Shisler says. For example, if you don't give up your location data, a key function of a popular app may not work for you.
With a pragmatic evaluation like that, he might fall into the "circumspect" user category. Circumspect users wouldn't give out their Social Security number easily and would be suspicious of a site that had their information giving it to another company.
"Wary" users are also concerned about secret data collection, according to the study, occasionally registering for profiles on websites — and most likely providing less information than the site requests.
"Alarmed" users would be highly concerned with privacy in all situations, only accounting for 3 percent of respondents in the 2011 study. If they register on a website, it's likely that they would provide incomplete data, or even inaccurate data.
So which are you?
Increased age and education both predict increased concern, but to get to the heart of the matter, Larsen likes this thought experiment: "Would you rather keep the Internet the way it is right now or have a counter up in the corner in your screen that counts how much money you've spent?"
For example, on opening an online news story, imagine you're charged for the amount of time it took to report it, write it, edit it, shoot the photos and publish it to the Web, to manage those employees and pay their benefits, pay for use of the bandwidth, the servers and the people who maintain them — everything. And the same goes for the next story. And for the music video you watch. And the music you stream on Spotify for free. And for the server space and technology it takes to store your friends' photos and updates on Facebook.
"I now have the choice between seeing the real cost of the services and technologies that are provided to me or just going with giving away my privacy." He suspects most folks — even die-hards — would choose to give away their privacy.
Making your decisions
Knowing that a clothing retailer might give your e-mail address to a sister store, are you less likely to give it up? Knowing that Facebook logs what you start writing when you write a status update — even if you delete it before publishing — are you less likely to post updates at all?
This being possibly the most-photographed era of his lifetime so far, Shisler faces many such choices.
A study published last month by the Pew Research Center reported that 57 percent of Facebook users with children under the age of 18 are strongly opposed to people posting photos of their kids without asking first.
"We haven't run into that yet," says Shisler. "Most of my friends are not on these networks all of the time."
But he understands the concern.
For a sense of what giving away your privacy looks like, he recommends an add-on for the Firefox browser, once called Collusion, now called Lightbeam. It tracks the trackers, so to speak.
"What that's going to do is, the moment you go to a website like denverpost.com or anywhere else, it will create a visual for you showing which websites are tracking you," he says. Then, when you navigate to another site, the graphic updates to show you who was tracking you at both sites. In other words, who's following you around the Internet, getting a more and more educated picture of who you are, based on where you browse — and then, very probably, selling that information.
"That's the cost of all this free stuff," Larsen says. "So you can start thinking about it as 'Big Brother is watching us,' or you can think of us as an ultimate form of payment. I tend to see it more as the latter.
"If you trust the companies and the people you're giving all this information to, then we are living in pretty amazing times."
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How do I heal cracked fingertips? How do I prevent them from cracking in the first place?
How do I heal cracked fingertips? How do I prevent them from cracking in the first place?
If you peeled off all of your skin and put it in a cardboard box, it would weigh 22.5 pounds, or 15 percent of your body weight (assuming
you weigh 150 pounds). Compare this to your brain, which, depending on how much you drink, would weigh just two or three pounds, or your liver, which
weighs four to five pounds. Skin is your body's largest organ, yet most climbers treat their rain jackets better than their own outer sheathing. You
could go to school for years and study about the care and feeding of your skin, or you can keep reading.
Your skin reflects what is going on inside your body. Split and bleeding fingertips reveal a soul tortured by failed projects on which you throw yourself
again and again, like a dervish on a road paved with broken glass. For this there is no prescription.
Fortunately, skin, unlike your soul, is self-regenerating. You shed and grow millions of skin cells each day. Ever notice that thick layer of dust blanketing
everything in your crib (except for your climbing gear)? Household dust is 80 percent dead skin. Mouth breathing is nothing short of self-cannibalism.
Your skin, like a well-dressed alpinist, has multiple layers. The outer layer, the epidermis, is your body's full-coverage Goretex suit. This relatively
thin casing protects you from the environment, and is your first line of defense against razor holds.
The next layer, the dermis (pay attention, you'll want to know this when we get into self-surgery), is thicker and home to your skin's living structures.
Just one square inch of dermis contains 20 blood vessels, a thousand nerve endings, follicles, 650 sweat glands and 60,000 melanocytes,
the cells that color your skin and hair. Bloody flappers and deep cracks reach all the way into the dermis, ergo the blood.
Last, your skin has a subcutaneous layer. This contains adipose tissue, more commonly known as fat, a blubbery substance that insulates
you from the cold and causes you to fall. Wounds into this layer require sutures. Fortunately, unless you fall onto a traveling salesman's knife display,
you are unlikely to rip yourself all the way to the subcutaneous just by climbing.
How you repair a finger cut or a flapper depends on the severity of the wound. If the flapper is shredded or hanging on by a hinge, trim it off, wash the
crater, apply an antiseptic such as Neosporin, and bandage it until healed, usually two to four days. Keep the wound clean, moist and covered. Do not
air-dry, as this slows the healing process and exposes the raw flesh to infection and blow flies.
If the cut or flapper is clean and neat, you can, after thoroughly washing it, glue it back in place and possibly keep climbing! In recent years, climbers
have used SuperGlue and KrazyGlue to reattach skin. Cancer! These glues contain methyl-2-cyanoacrylate, which leech formaldehyde, the chemical an undertaker
will someday pump into your raggedy ass, and which is also used by diet-soda makers to sweeten their brews (read Drinks to Die For by Dr. Theresa Ramsey.)
Safer skin glues include Dermabond, available only to physicians, and the over-the-counter version Liquid Bandage, by BandAid.
When a cracked tip is beyond gluing, or reoccurs with the persistence of a venereal wart, surgery is necessary. Be forewarned: If you are squeamish, leave
Get a sharp pair of nail clippers or scissors and trim the skin and meat from both sides of the fissure. This will hurt, but pain is merely weakness leaving
the body. Pare away until you've tapered all around the split, removing all vestiges of the crack. Also trim away the surrounding dry skin and file
it thinner with sandpaper so it is less likely to initiate the crack anew. Pack the wound with Neosporin and cover with a Bandaid until healed.
All of the above would be as unnecessary as happiness if you just pampered your finger skin to begin with.
I knew a British climber once who never let his hands get wet. Water softens the calluses, he said. Not only would he never help with the dishes, but he
even wore rubber gloves in the shower, although I cannot personally vouch that that is true.
That Brit climbed hard enough, but probably could have done even better, at least socially, if he'd understood that moisture is your
skin's friend. Dry, hard skin is prone to cracking, peeling and tearing more easily than supple, but still tough, skin. To keep your skin in top form
you need to pamper it like a baseball mitt. When you are done climbing, wash off the chalk with soap and water. You only need to do this once, not
again and again, like my other friend.
Once your hands are clean, slather on any of a large number of hand creams or lotions. I prefer Joshua Tree Climbing Salve as an après-climbing moisturizer.
More waxy than greasy, JT Salve doesn't lube up your hands, and, being all-natural, is packed with soothing hippie herbs, a single whiff of which reminds
me of those bare-bellied hula-hoop chicks who hang out at the art fair. Know what I'm saying?
Vitamin E oil can also work, but this you need to eat to receive its benefits, which, according to the people who make he stuff, promote skin health. You
can rub the E-oil into your hands, and it will keep your skin nice and supple, but believing that you can absorb the nutrient straight through your
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A dying priest believes that "the wish to pray is a prayer in itself"
The Diary of a Country Priest. By Georges Bernanos. Translated by Pamela Morris. Introduduction by Rémy Rougeau. Da Capo, 302 pp., $15.95, paperback.
By Janice Harayda
A young French priest bears the cruelty of his parishioners with sublime patience in this modern classic that works as both a realistic novel and an allegory for the Passion of Christ. Georges Bernanos's guileless narrator doesn't know he's dying of cancer when he takes up his post at a rural Pas-de-Calais church in which the moth-eaten draperies in the sacristy serve as metaphor for the spiritual decay of the congregation.
But the priest realizes that people see his poor health as a sign of weakness, and the harder he works to serve them, the more hostile they become. His triumph lies in avoiding cynicism and retaining the ability to love as he performs his tasks – teaching catechism to children who taunt him, visiting a countess embittered by the death of her son, meeting with jaded or condescending priests who presume to advise him. Like the stories of Flannery O'Connor, The Diary of a Country Priest reflects a perspective at once Catholic and universal in its portrayal of the inseparability of suffering and grace.
Best line: "Faith is not a thing which one 'loses,' we merely cease to shape our lives by it." "I know, of course, that the wish to pray is a prayer in itself, that God can ask no more than that of us."
Worst line: The translator uses a couple of English double modals such as "must needs" that sound unnatural in context.
Published: 1937 (first English-language edition), 2002 (DaCapo paperback).
Reading group guide: A Totally Unauthorized Reading Group Guide to The Diary of a Country Priest appeared on this site in the post before this one on Oct. 16, 2011.
Furthermore: Diary of a Country Priest won two of the highest literary honors in France: the Prix Femina and Grand Prix du Roman of the Académie Française. Rachel Murphy reviewed the novel from a Catholic perspective. Robert Bresson's acclaimed film version of the book appeared in 1951. Flannery O'Connor dealt with the action of grace on character in her short story collection Everything That Rises Must Converge, reviewed on this site in May.
You can follow Jan Harayda (@janiceharayda) on Twitter at www.twitter.com/janiceharayda by clicking on the "Follow" button in the right sidebar.
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Standoff: Alabama gunman kills bus driver, seizes boy
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. - A gunman holed up in a bunker with a 6-year-old hostage kept law officers at bay Wednesday in an all-night, all-day standoff that began when he killed a school bus driver and dragged the boy away, authorities said.
SWAT teams took up positions around the gunman's rural property and police negotiators tried to win the kindergartener's safe release.
The gunman, identified by neighbors as Jimmy Lee Dykes, a 65-year-old retired truck driver, was known around the neighborhood as a menacing figure who once beat a dog to death with a lead pipe, threatened to shoot children for setting foot on his property and patrolled his yard at night with a flashlight and a shotgun.
He had been scheduled to appear in court Wednesday morning to answer charges he shot at his neighbors in a dispute last month over a speed bump.
The standoff along a red dirt road began on Tuesday afternoon, after a gunman boarded a stopped school bus filled with children in the town of Midland City, population 2,300. Sheriff Wally Olson said the man shot the bus driver when he refused to hand over a 6-year-old child. The gunman then took the boy away.
"As far as we know there is no relation at all. He just wanted a child for a hostage situation," said Michael Senn, a pastor who helped comfort the traumatized children after the attack.
The bus driver, Charles Albert Poland Jr., 66, was hailed by locals as a hero who gave his life to protect 21 students.
The boy's classmates, their parents and other members of this small Bible Belt community gathered in several churches and held a candlelight vigil in the town square Wednesday evening to pray for Poland and for the boy's safety. Some in the square joined together to sing "Amazing Grace."
Authorities gave no details on the standoff, and it was unclear if Dykes made any demands from his underground bunker, which resembled a tornado shelter.
The sheriff said in a brief statement Wednesday evening that negotiators continued talking to the suspect and "at this time we have no reason to believe that the child has been harmed."
About 50 vehicles from federal, state and local agencies were clustered at the end of a dirt road near where Dykes lived in a small travel trailer. Nearby homes were evacuated after authorities found what was believed to be a bomb on his property.
State Rep. Steve Clouse, who met with authorities and visited the boy's family, said the bunker had food and electricity, and the youngster was watching TV. He said law enforcement authorities were communicating with the gunman, but he had no details on how.
At one point, authorities lowered medicine into the bunker for the boy after his captor agreed to it, Clouse said. The lawmaker said he did not know what the medicine was for or whether it was urgently needed.
Chris Voss, a former international kidnapping negotiator for the FBI, said negotiators at the scene should remain patient and calm, resisting the urge to force a quick resolution.
"Getting what you want is not the same as getting even," said Voss, whose firm, the Black Swan Group, now consults on high-stakes negotiations. "Flooding the zone will not save lives."
Mike and Patricia Smith, who live across the street from Dykes and whose two children were on the bus when the shooting happened, said their youngsters had a run-in with him about 10 months ago.
"My bulldogs got loose and went over there," Patricia Smith said. "The children went to get them. He threatened to shoot them if they came back."
"He's very paranoid," her husband said. "He goes around in his yard at night with a flashlight and shotgun."
Patricia Smith said her children told her what happened on the bus: Two other children had just been dropped off and the Smith children were next. Dykes stepped onto the bus and grabbed the door so the driver couldn't close it. Dykes told the driver he wanted two boys, 6 to 8 years old, without saying why.
According to Smith, Dykes started down the aisle of the bus and the driver put his arm out to block him. Dykes fired four shots at Poland with a handgun, Smith said.
"He did give his life, saving children," Mike Smith said.
Patricia Smith said her daughter, a high school senior, began corralling the other children and headed for the back of the bus while Dykes and the driver were arguing. Later, Smith's son ran inside his house, telling his mother: "The crazy man across the street shot the bus driver and Mr. Poland won't wake up."
Patricia Smith ran over to the bus and saw the driver slumped over in his seat. Her daughter used another child's cellphone to call 911.
Another neighbor, Ronda Wilbur, said Dykes beat her 120-pound dog with a lead pipe for coming onto his side of the dirt road. The dog died a week later.
"He said his only regret was he didn't beat him to death all the way," Wilbur said. "If a man can kill a dog, and beat it with a lead pipe and brag about it, it's nothing until it's going to be people."
Dykes had been scheduled to appear in court Wednesday to face a charge of menacing some neighbors as they drove by his house weeks ago. Claudia Davis said he yelled and fired shots at her, her son and her baby grandson over damage Dykes claimed their pickup truck did to a makeshift speed bump in the dirt road. No one was hurt.
"Before this happened, I would see him at several places and he would just stare a hole through me," Davis said. "On Monday I saw him at a laundromat and he seen me when I was getting in my truck, and he just stared and stared and stared at me."
Associated Press writers Bob Johnson in Montgomery and Jay Reeves in Birmingham contributed to this report.


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The batting has been soaked and tumble dried. Ready for basting.
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I have done ( teaching in class) Lady of the Lake tonnes of times but always as part of a traditional sampler. This modernisation is fantastic. Your work is so inspirational.
Cheers Leanne
Oh that limey green just makes my heart sing. And the turquoise is an unexpected surprise. This quilt is making me super happy...ReplyDelete
I love how you say it took your forever, when in blog land it only seems like a couple of days. Fabulous finish!ReplyDelete
You continualy amaze and inspire!ReplyDelete
Just wanted to say I love your work!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous quilt! It took me awhile to figure out why that was your humility block--it is hardly noticeable at all! I love the concept of humility blocks. I also made one accidentally in the quilt I just made.
You have such a gift for putting colors together! The green is stunning.
OK so I was wrong, you're not so crazy after all. And thank you for leaving a mistake in. That might make some people feel better. Not me of course because I don't make mistakes...ReplyDelete
Stunning - love it!ReplyDelete
I love every single colour choice you make. beautiful, and so fresh. And your piecing is just amazing! :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful work as always! Lovely colors, I am always in love with greens!ReplyDelete
Your best yet xReplyDelete
I'm using some Reece Scannell cottons in a quilt I'm making too, aren't they gorgeous!ReplyDelete
very very pretty, love the lime green!ReplyDelete
I agree, a mistake here or there keeps the viewer on their toes.ReplyDelete
I love basting spray and find it washes out beautifully! I suggest folding the quilt top in half, spraying a row or two lightly at a time, re-arrange if needed as it will be tacky. You can re-do the section if there are wrinkles. Then rotate quilt top and complete the other half in the same manner. Use a quality product and ask around at your quilt shop for their suggestions.ReplyDelete
It's a gorgeous quilt! I would have never noticed what you pointed out. I love the background on the fabric too as it's not one I've heard of before.ReplyDelete
That is a stunning quilt. I'd like to try that block. It looks just gorgeous.ReplyDelete
Very nice. I do love that you left in the mistake block. I did that recently on one of mine. I think it gives it some character.ReplyDelete
That green is awesome!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous quilt, and I love the back too - I may try that technique soon for one of mine! And your "humility block"? I read once that the Amish quilters, constrained in the patterns and colors they care allowed to use, would intentionally put a mistake in their piecing to make it unique - they call it "sparkle"! So much kinder than "humility"...... :-) Keep on inspiring us!!ReplyDelete
449 HSTs?! I hate square-ing them up, so I won't be copying this pattern, gorgeous as it is. Good for you, humility block and all this is a great looking topReplyDelete
why do you soak and tumble dry your batting before you use it to quilt? I don't do that but quilt first and then wash and dry my quilt so I have that slightly crinkly antique look to my quilts. I am always curious about the way others do their quilts and the reasons for it :)
The back looks really cool. Is that pattern all-over the back or just in one spot? I love it.ReplyDelete
That Lime Green just makes these Block Zing...Love this one...
This is gorgeous. I doubt that I would have the patience for that many HST. I read somewhere that the Navajo Indians (natives in the Americas) left/added "mistakes" to their rugs to make them one of a kind. So glad you left yours in.ReplyDelete
Stunning! I don't know where you found the patience but your quilt is amazing!!ReplyDelete
i rather like that off/quirky block...it is lovely. that green fabric is really stunningReplyDelete
Absolutely beautiful! Thanks again for being so inspirational~ReplyDelete
I love this quilt...the colors are so pretty. Your blog is always such a happy one! Thanks!ReplyDelete
GORGEOUS! While that green is my fave color, I really love the aqua you've added in. Another beauty, Rita!ReplyDelete
It is SO gorgeous- I love that green color!! and the error is not noticable at all!ReplyDelete
I seem to have a 'humility' block in each of my quilts. It is never on purpose. Usually it is my daughter that will comment after it is sewn, "You got one upside down"
If it is waving, jumping up and down & screaming at me I will do "quilt surgery" on it. Otherwise it just adds character! If you don't point it out no one will notice!
Fantastic quilt....another one....Geesh...You amaze me...I can't for the life of me see the problem with the square. My mistakes are way more obvious than your. My claim to fame!
Susan :)
Ok. It's official. I am IN LOVE. I may even eventually get up the courage to try this many hsts. But my saner self is already cringing! LOL! Amazing Rita!!! You should be thumping yourself on the back, in a BIG way!!!! :DReplyDelete
That's a very happy quilt--love the green and all the bright white contrast. So striking! A piecing mistake sometimes passes by so easily until late in the game, but I like that you left it in. Great quilt!ReplyDelete
This Lady of the Lake design is very impressive. Props to you for going forward with such a time-consuming design. That green is one of my favorite shades! I always love grassy green with blue/turq!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous! Just love the fabrics and the design!ReplyDelete
WOW!! Just WOW! I am so loving the colors and piecing in this quilt! It just makes me happy looking at it! FabulousReplyDelete
What an awesome quilt pattern! I love how it turned out.
My dad has this crafting superstition that if you want to continue to be successful with your preferred creative outlet, you have to have one tiny mess up in every completed project.
Very nice! Love the green.ReplyDelete
Another beauty !!
The lime is so good & I love the scrappy lady of the lake block.
Beautiful quilt! I've been making half square triangles as leaders and enders for a while, it may be time to square them up and make something... thanks for the inspiration.ReplyDelete
This is amazing. Can you teach patience to me? I would love to do something like this but I get so impatient. You are very inspiring!ReplyDelete
wow Rita - again, just stunning!ReplyDelete
Fantastic! Great quilt and I love that you embraced that little "imperfection"! Your use of color in this piece - I really like that not all the larger triangles are done in the green. Just those few aqua pieces really accent the green. Like this one alot!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous Rita, I adore lady of the lake and this one is a beauty. Your eye for colour and pattern is second to none. Great back too. I love quilts with a humility block, they add extra interest xoReplyDelete
Rita it is really stunning. That green fabric really sets off the HSTs and the humility block certainly doesn't detract at all from the design.
Well done. The humilty block does add interest...to very obeservant viewers. I had to look at it a long time before I figured out waht was different. Why do you soak and dry the batting?ReplyDelete
Stunning quilt! I think i can see the way forward with all my tiny HSTs, thankyou RitaReplyDelete
Oh my, do you know how hard I had to look and think to find your unexpected design element? It's a beautiful quilt and I can see why it has inspired at least one hyperlink and probably many more quilters!ReplyDelete
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Since writing this post about The Kissing Sailor, its reach has completely exceeded all my expectations, and has generated more discussion on my blog than ever before. As I read the comments though, I come across a couple of misunderstandings, and though many excellent people have responded with clarification, I see the same misconceptions popping up again and again.
So I thought I'd clear up some confusion once and for all. Here are some of the most common misconceptions.
Misconception #1: That kiss happened in a different time! How can you judge him using modern values?
The purpose of my original post was not to demonize George or to recommend that he be packed off to prison. A user on Reddit called MBlume gave a succinct response to someone who had Misconception #1. I'll post it here:
"You're…completely missing the point. The point isn't that it happened. The point is that there's three modern articles discussing the picture, all of which basically quote the woman in the picture as stating that it was sexual assault, and in none of the articles does the editorial voice acknowledge that that's fucked up."
This is spot on. Thanks, MBlume.
Misconception #2: Greta herself doesn't call it a violation and actually seems alright with it. So your argument is invalid.
Indeed, in an interview given to Patricia Redmond, Greta does not seem traumatised by the kiss, and describes the fame that resulted from the photo in a positive manner.
However, I do think it's worth taking into account that, even in today's society, there is a lot of pressure on women to smile and get along, to 'let boys be boys,' to accept unwanted sexual contact like groping or kissing, and not to make a big deal out of it. Many of the comments have confirmed this, with gems like, "It's just a kiss, get over it," and how women should "stop whining" about such matters. In Greta's case, the pressure would undoubtedly be much higher.
But one thing Greta consistently asserts is that the kiss was sudden, that she was grabbed before she even became aware of his presence. Her remarks about his strength and "vice grip [sic]" don't sound like the words of someone who had enjoyed the kiss. The fact is, consent was not given, and her feelings about it afterwards don't change the nature of what George did. To give an extreme example, if you were to kidnap and torture someone, only to find out later that you'd just fulfilled their deepest fantasy, does that make you less culpable?
Misconception #3: The picture on your site is not the original photo. What's going on? Is this a trick?
Well no, it's not a trick. Alfred Eisenstaedt, the photographer, took a couple of shots over a 10 second period, in various stages of the kiss. In one of the comments isalu507 provided some links, showing the photos in chronological order:
As isalu507 points out, the third picture shows Greta further on in the kiss, with her left hand clenched in a fist up against George's face, seemingly pushing him away. I had never seen that photo before, and found it really interesting.
(edit: commenter 'timd' has provided some links showing that this is in fact the first photo of the series, not the last)
Misconception #4: People celebrated this photo as an icon; for a long time no one knew the story behind it. So how can you say that our celebrating it was a result of rape culture?
I'm not saying that at all. Most people believed that it was a picture of a couple, expressing their joy after the war. I don't blame them. What I was referring to when I spoke of rape culture was the silence on the part of the news articles on the subject of Greta's non-consent, even while publishing quotes from her which make it clear that George had simply grabbed her. This ignoring of inconvenient truths in favour of maintaining the illusion of romance is symptomatic of rape culture.
Misconception #5: Rape culture? The sailor never raped her. We shouldn't compare this to rape, since that diminishes the experience of actual rape victims.
I think there are two misconceptions embedded in this. Firstly, just because George hadn't raped Greta doesn't mean it's no big deal, nor does calling it out as sexual assault diminish the experience of rape victims. Yes, there are different levels of every crime, and no one is trying to say that the experience is the same across the entire spectrum of sexual assault. But they do stem from the same culture, and just because there are greater evils does not mean we should just ignore the lesser ones.
Also, many seem to be confused as to what is meant by the term 'rape culture'. Our living in a rape culture doesn't mean that everyone thinks rape is fantastic. What it does mean is a culture where rape and other forms of sexual violence are normalised, to be expected. It's a culture where attitudes towards women's bodies and attitudes towards perpetrators combine to tolerate and condone sexual violence, even while we pay lip service to the monstrosity of rape. It's a culture where victims are criticised for their choice of clothing, their behaviour, and their sexual freedom, as though they are partly to blame for their fate. It's a culture where women's bodies are public property; they undergo scrutiny in the media, and weight gain in female celebrities like Christina Aguilera or Lady Gaga seems like a justification to hurl abuse at them. And the fact that Greta's comments were given no attention in the news articles is certainly a manifestation of rape culture, contributing to and reflecting it.
I'm sorry that the term 'rape culture' makes people uncomfortable. But perhaps it's time we stopped being comfortable. After all, it is when we start to acknowledge that society isn't as perfect as we thought it was, that progress can be made.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Will Washington be the Grinch who stole Christmas?
After weeks of bickering between Congress and the White House, President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law a plan that ended a partial 16-day government shutdown and suspended the nation's debt limit until early next year.
But the measure, which comes just weeks ahead of the holiday shopping season, only temporarily averts a potential default on U.S. debt that could send the nation into a recession.
Retailers hope that short-term uncertainty won't stop Americans from spending during the busiest shopping period of the year, but they're fearful that it will.
"I am not nervous, but I am mindful," said Jay Stein, chairman of Stein Mart, a 300-store chain that sells home goods and clothing. "The biggest enemy of consumer confidence is uncertainty."
Retailers and industry watchers say Washington gridlock already has caused shoppers to hold back on purchases.
The number of people going into stores nationwide dropped 7.5 percent for the week that ended Oct. 5 and 7.1 percent during the following week compared with a year ago, according to ShopperTrak, which measures foot traffic at 40,000 retail outlets across the country.
Men's clothier Jos. A. Bank Clothiers and furniture chain Ethan Allen said their customers cut back in recent weeks. And auto sales, which had been strong, trailed off last week, with experts blaming Washington lawmakers.
Retailers say the agreement that lawmakers approved, which funds the government until Jan. 15 and gives the Treasury the ability to borrow above its limit until Feb. 7, may not be enough to alleviate shoppers' concerns.
Robert N. Wildrick, chairman of Jos. A. Bank, which has 623 U.S. stores, said retailers can't afford more uncertainty during the holiday shopping season. "The more this nonsense goes on .... the more scared (consumers) become," he said.
Even before the stalemate in Washington, retailers had reasons to be cautiously optimistic about the holiday season, which accounts for up to 40 percent of retailers' annual revenue. While the job and housing markets are improving, that hasn't yet translated into sustained spending increases among shoppers.
But retailers spend money on ads, order additional inventory and add sales staff during the holidays hoping shoppers will spending freely. If they don't, stores have to discount, which eats away profits.
The National Retail Federation, the nation's largest retail group, had forecast in early October that sales would climb 3.9 percent in November and December to $602.12 billion, higher than last year's 3.5 percent gain. But the forecast didn't account for the prolonged shutdown.
Jack Kleinhenz, chief economist for the Washington, D.C.-based group, told The Associated Press that he may lower the projection after he sifts through retail sales and jobs data, reports that had been delayed because of the shutdown. The uncertainty could hurt sales.
"It's like having an ongoing fever that you would like to shake but just doesn't go away," Kleinhenz said. "That causes a backup in decision-making from consumers and businesses."
Take Nino Rodriguez, who was already planning to cut back spending on gifts for his four children ages 3 to 21 by about 25 percent to $1,500 as he juggles stagnant wage gains with college tuition costs.
Now, the Chicagoan plans to cut another $500 from the holiday budget because of uncertainty. In particular, he's concerned about having government aid checks suspended for teenage sons who have special needs.
"The doomsday clock is just one second less than what it was before," said Rodriguez, who works in the hospitality business. "All this just heightens our awareness of spending."
This isn't the first time that debt-and-spending stalemates have hurt shoppers' mood during the holidays. Last year, Americans worried about tense negotiations in Washington to resolve the fiscal cliff, a simultaneous increase in tax rates and a decrease in government spending.
Congress and the White House reached a deal on Jan. 1 that prevented income taxes from rising for most households, but many store executives blamed the uncertainty for a slowdown in sales in December. In November 2012, sales were up 4.7 over the year ago period, but rose only 2.4 percent in December.
And in August 2011 when there was market turmoil and political strife over raising the federal debt ceiling, consumer sentiment fell to a 31-year low, according to the Thomas Reuters/University of Michigan survey.
Jeff Landis of Chicago-based Montopoli Custom Clothiers recalls those days when business was quiet and he had to delay ordering fabric and call his wealthy customers. He said he's seeing the same scenario play out now.
"This is a buzz kill," he said.


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The Center for Copyright Information has revealed more details about its "six strikes" system, which it calls the Copyright Alert System (CAS). In a blog post published Thursday morning, the program's head, Jill Lesser, announced that the CAS "will begin in the coming weeks."
Lesser added that it will use an analysis system called MarkMonitor to identify infringing activity. That system "uses both trained professionals and automated processes to identify illegal downloading of whole movies, TV shows, and musical recordings, and the system is designed to eliminate false positives." Finally, the CAS has given further details on its review process that will take place at the "mitigation stage" (strikes five through six), which will be administered by the American Arbitration Association.
No strikeout?
The launch date is consistent with what Lesser told Ars last month, when she said the program would begin before the end of the year. (The original target for launch was December 2011.)
Lesser said that over the next two months, the five major ISPs funding the CAS—AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Verizon—would "begin rolling out" their versions of the alert system. Under the CAS, ISPs would pass infringement notices from copyright holders on to their subscribers.
She also underscored that "termination of a consumer's Internet service is not part of any ISP's Copyright Alert System program," meaning that the CAS itself does not terminate anyone's Internet connection, nor does it bring lawsuits. Rather, the ISPs and rightsholders themselves could take steps to do that themselves. "The program doesn't in any way change the legal structure or the environment that's out there," Lesser told Ars on Thursday morning.
"Nothing in this program either affects, alters, or does anything to a copyright holder's ability to sue over copyright."
She reemphasized the fact that the CAS sees itself as an education program. As such, it seeks to alert consumers to illicit activity that may be happening on their home networks (e.g., teaching people how to secure their Wi-Fi) while educating them about legal digital alternatives and the importance of copyright.
"We are approaching on the theory that most consumers want to do the right thing and will do the right thing if they understand," Lesser added.
"If we are right, most consumers hopefully will never get to level five or six. If there are people who don't and they would be out of the program, clearly the program has not worked for those consumers. Rather than continuing to slap people on the wrist, we're going to save our resources and send those alerts to people who will respond. Out of the program means we've tried to educate you and you're back on the bottle, or whatever the analogy is you want to use—we can't help you."
"Very few appeals"
The MarkMonitor's identification system, the blog post adds, is based on public information.
"Importantly, the methodology for identifying infringed content and the IP address from which it has been distributed is based on a review of peer-to-peer networks and publicly available information," the blog post states. "No personal consumer information will be obtained by MarkMonitor or content owners either in generating the notices or in passing them on to consumers."
However, armed with an IP address, as we've seen many times before, it usually isn't terribly difficult to get that subscriber information from an ISP.
Finally, Lesser explained to Ars that consumers will have to pay $35 to the CAS to initiate a review procedure, which will be refunded if the consumer wins the review.
"I think the expectation is that if the methodology works correctly and if the alerts work, we hope that there will be very few appeals," she added. "Because I do think that for some people if you are just throwing up a trial balloon [to see if you're right], you're not going to pay $35 and appeal."
As many Ars readers no doubt realize, the CAS program would do little to stop those with the technical sophistication and knowledge of how to cover one's tracks online through the use of a VPN, Tor, or other digital obfuscatory tools. When Ars pointed out to Lesser that the CAS would probably not do much to dissuade those types of users, she acknowledged: "I think that's probably right."
But she added that a "large majority" of people using file-sharing networks are not "fully aware of the implications of what they're doing."
"We are, I think, going after Joe Consumer," she said. "We are not going after people who have spent time trying to be sophisticated pirates. For that there are laws in place and the content community will continue to fight that problem. This is the first time that there is a multi-stakeholder effort that tries to address these issues in a consumer-friendly way. If we are successful and we see a reduction in piracy and an increase in legal services, there may be a phase two. We need to take this first step and evaluate it."


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NEW YORK, N.Y.—AMC is calling Saul Goodman for a spinoff of the network's drama series Breaking Bad.
AMC and Sony Pictures Television on Wednesday confirmed the long-discussed spinoff, which will feature the popular supporting character from Breaking Bad in a one-hour prequel tentatively titled Better Call Saul.
Played by Bob Odenkirk, Goodman is the sleazy New Mexico lawyer whose clients include Breaking Bad anti-heroes Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, who manufacture crystal meth.
AMC said the new series would focus on Goodman before he crossed paths with those drug czars. The network provided no further details.
The 50-year-old Odenkirk's credits include Saturday Night Live, The Larry Sanders Show and, paired with David Cross, HBO's Mr. Show sketch-comedy series.
Breaking Bad concludes its much-acclaimed five-season run on Sept. 29.


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Floral motifs are hand embroidered along the border of 'Sagana' rama green odhani, using the elaborate form of 'Zardozi'. It is made in a silk satin weave which has a subtle sheen and lends a versatile drape.
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Sounds of Simon, Garfunkel chosen for preservation
WASHINGTON (AP) — A popular tune by Simon and Garfunkel written after John F. Kennedy's assassination and Chubby Checker's 1960s dance hit "The Twist" will be among 25 recordings selected for preservation at the Library of Congress.
These are just a few sounds of the 20th century being added to the National Recording Registry on Thursday for long-term preservation due to their cultural, artistic and historic importance. The library said Checker's rendition of "The Twist" became a symbol for the energy and excitement of the early 60s after "American Bandstand" host Dick Clark chose Checker to record a new version of the song.
Later, the 1966 album "Sounds of Silence" by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel was a hit in its day but not before the duo struggled and split early on. Their song "The Sound of Silence" from the aftermath of President Kennedy's assassination 50 years ago this year had initially flopped — but it became a hit after it was re-edited as a single. That prompted the duo to reunite and quickly record another album under a similar title.
Garfunkel, 71, told The Associated Press he's thrilled and flattered to have his work preserved in the Library of Congress. He said the hit album was a life changer for him and Simon. "Da da dee, da dee, da dee," he sang in an interview.
"There's something fundamentally appealing about the simplicity of those lines," Garfunkel said.
"When you look at the little mesh, wire microphone ... and you address people on the other side of the mic, you hope that your performance will be special, and you hope that it will have lasting power," he said, adding that he remembers thinking in the 60s that "if we do really good and give a very special performance to these great Paul Simon songs, we might last right into the next century and be appreciated."
Their words and their tune have taken on special significance in American culture. Hearing Simon sing "The Sound of Silence" on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, NBC newsman Tom Brokaw briefly struggled for composure. The music, he said, evokes memories.
This is the kind of impact the library was looking to preserve, "to celebrate the richness and variety of our audio heritage," said Librarian of Congress James Billington in announcing the selections.
The recording that received the highest number of public nominations for this year's registry was Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon." The library said it was notable as an example of "brilliant, innovative production in service of the music."
Other selections included the original 1949 cast album for "South Pacific" and the soundtrack to the popular 1977 movie "Saturday Night Fever," starring John Travolta and featuring the Bee Gees, which revived the disco craze.
The selections span from 1918 to 1980 and represent nearly every musical and recording category.
Recordings by Will Rogers, Jimmie Davis and President Dwight D. Eisenhower capture part of the political climate of their eras. In 1931, Rogers' radio broadcast at a low point in the Great Depression included a folksy chat with President Herbert Hoover to kick off a nationwide unemployment relief campaign. Davis' 1940 recording of "You Are My Sunshine" became his election campaign theme song while running for governor of Louisiana. It became one of the most popular country songs of all time and the state song of Louisiana in 1977.
Eisenhower's voice was carried in a prerecorded message in 1958 carried by the first communications satellite launched on a U.S. rocket. Eisenhower's message of peace to the world transmitted from space was touted as a victory in the space race after the Soviet Union launched a satellite the year before.
Van Cliburn's Cold War piano performance in Moscow when he won the prestigious Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition at 23 also was selected. At the time in 1958, Time magazine noted his appearance and tour of the Soviet Union "has had more favorable impact on more Russians than any U.S. export of word or deed since World War II."
Earlier this year, the Library of Congress unveiled an extensive plan to help libraries and archives nationwide preserve recorded sound to guard against losing historic recordings. It's proposing 32 recommendations to Congress on actions to preserve endangered audio.
For his part, Garfunkel said he's still working, writing poems, putting together a book and singing. He said he's working to regain his voice after having vocal troubles. And he said he's ramping up to get back to the stage and wouldn't rule out a reunion with Simon when the time is right.
"Who knows what the future brings?" Garfunkel said. "This is my old buddy, the first friend I made in life."
Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/
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Israel officials: Strike on Syria targeted weapons
- Israeli officials say strike targeted a shipment of advanced missiles bound for Hezbollah
- The officials said the attack took place early Friday
- There was no immediate comment from Syrian officials
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Israeli airstrike against Syria was targeting a shipment of advanced missiles believed to be bound for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Israeli officials confirmed Saturday.
It was the second Israeli strike this year against Syria and the latest salvo in its long-running effort to disrupt Hezbollah's quest to build an arsenal capable of defending against Israel's air force and spreading destruction inside the Jewish state.
The strike comes as the U.S. considers how to respond to indications that the Syrian regime may have used chemical weapons in its bloody civil war. President Barack Obama has described the use of such weapons as a "red line," and the administration is weighing its options — including possible military action.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly warned in recent weeks that Israel would be prepared to take military action if chemical weapons or other arms that would upset the balance of power with Hezbollah were to reach the Islamic militant group.
The Israeli officials said the attack took place early Friday and was aimed at sophisticated "game-changing" weapons, but not chemical arms. One official said the target was a shipment of advanced, long-range ground-to-ground missiles but was not more specific.
They did not say where the attack took place, or whether the air force carried out the strike from Lebanese or Syrian airspace.
The Israeli officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to disclose information about a secret military operation to the media.
U.S. officials had earlier confirmed the airstrike but said only that it appeared to have hit a warehouse.
Calls to the Israeli military and foreign and defense ministries were not immediately answered.
Syria's assistant information minister, Khalaf Muftah, told Hezbollah's Manar TV that he has "no information about an aggression that was staged," and said reports of an Israeli air raid "come in the framework of psychological war in preparation of an aggression against Syria."
Hezbollah declined comment.
Israel has cast a wary eye on Syria's civil war, which has on several occasions spilled over into Israel as well as Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq. The Jewish state is particularly worried about President Bashar Assad regime's stockpile of chemical weapons being transferred to Hezbollah or falling into the hands of Islamic extremists fighting in the rebel ranks.
Concerns about Syria's chemical weapons have spiked in recent weeks amid growing indications that the Assad regime may have used them against the uprising at home.
The U.S. has said intelligence indicates the Syrian government likely has used the deadly nerve agent sarin on at least two occasions, echoing earlier assessments from allies Britain, France and Israel. Obama has characterized the use of chemical weapons as a "game-changer" that would have "enormous consequences," but has also said he needs more definitive proof before making a decision about how to respond — and whether to take military action.
There appears to be little push at the moment to intervene directly, and Obama said Friday that he didn't foresee a scenario in which the U.S. would send troops to Syria.
Instead, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday that Washington is rethinking its opposition to arming the opposition. The U.S. so far has balked at sending weapons to the rebels, fearing the arms could end up in the hands of al-Qaida-linked groups or other extremists in the opposition ranks.
It's not the first time that Israel has struck inside Syria since the uprising against Assad began in March 2011.
In January, the Israeli air force is believed to have targeted a shipment of advanced SA-17 anti-aircraft missiles destined for Hezbollah. Israel has not formally admitted to carrying out that airstrike, though officials have strongly hinted they were behind the attack.
The airstrikes follow decades of enmity between Israel and allies Syria and Hezbollah, which consider the Jewish state their mortal enemy. The situation has been further complicated by the civil war raging in Syria.
The war has drained Assad's military and threatens to deprive Hezbollah of a key supporter, in addition to its land corridor to Iran. The two countries provide Hezbollah with the bulk of its funding and arms.
Israel and Hezbollah fought an inconclusive 34-day war in 2006 that left 1,200 Lebanese and 160 Israelis dead.
While the border has been largely quiet since, the struggle has taken other forms. Hezbollah has accused Israel of assassinating a top commander, and Israel blamed Hezbollah and Iran for a July 2012 attack on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria. In October, Hezbollah launched an Iranian-made reconnaissance drone over Israel, using the incident to brag about its expanding capabilities.
Israeli officials believe that Hezbollah's arsenal has markedly improved since 2006, and now boasts tens of thousands of rockets and missiles and the ability to hit trike almost anywhere inside Israel.
Lucas reported from Beirut. Associated Press writers Diaa Hadid in Jerusalem and Bassem Mroue in Beirut contributed to this report.


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Ever since we started on this crazy journey two years ago (yes, Sugar & Spice is two years old this week!) we have been inundated with requests for our books in paper back version as believe it or not, not everyone has an e-reader! 😉
Well, we listened to your requests and today, I am thrilled to announce that the first of our titles can be ordered, in print, direct from Amazon!
Rose Red 1 – Snow White comes in large (airport-sized) glossy paperback format and can be delivered to your door, anywhere in the world within 48 hours! (Amazon Prime membership ONLY. Normal delivery between 2 & 5 days).
Looks good huh?
So there you go! What better stocking-filler or cool addition to your library is there? 😉
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Sugar & Spice will be available soon, followed by Rapunzel and Anca's Story.
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The presidential primaries have got nothing on the Washington Metro when it comes to negative advertising. Every day, I am bombarded by radio ads telling me that if I choose to drive to Nationals park, I will not find parking, miss the entire game, and regret it for the rest of my life.
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As thousands of fans can testify, the free Nats Express parking has been a piece of cake since opening day. Simply drive to Lot 8 at RFK Stadium, hop on one of many
waiting shuttle buses, and be at the park in 10 minutes. There is never a traffic problem getting to Lot 8 via 395, and even after a game, the buses move quickly.
This week, as promised, my son and I decided to try one of the new cash parking lots which surround Nationals Park.
We chose Lot HH, because at $15.00 per game it's the cheapest cash parking option, and while valet parking sounds convenient, it's not likely to appeal to the masses.
Cash Lot HH at Nationals Park feels like one of those secrets reserved for DC residents in the know. The location is on South Capitol Street underneath the I-395 ramps — not easy to find if you're not looking for it, but easy to get to from the C Street exit on the Southeast-Southwest Freeway.
Yes, it sounds like a scary location, but as you can see it was all well-lit, with it's own traffic light and crosswalk to set you on your way to Nationals Park or back home without any hassles.
The parking lot was practically empty despite a near-sellout game, and the walk to the Nationals Park gate was a safe and leisurely 10 minutes, accompanied both ways by fans heading from the Capitol South metro stop.
As for traffic, here's South Capitol Street right in front of Nationals Park a half hour before the first pitch on a dreaded weeknight.
So Metro, I have to ask, "Where's the beef?" In reality, the worst backups I've seen near Nationals Park have been at the entrance to the Navy Yard Metro station.
I'm a big fan of Metro, but the team has got to put a stop to this scare campaign, which is keeping people away from the park. Stan Kasten and Adrian Fenty should both be calling for Metro to fire its ad agency and start over.


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Duck Dynasty's Willie Robertson Defends His Father's Beliefs: "I Believe What the Bible Says"
During an interview with CNN this week, Duck Dynasty star Willie Robertson defended his father Phil, who was briefly suspended from the A&E series in December after making homophobic and racist remarks in GQ.
Robertson said he believed the interviewer already "had what he wanted to put" in the article and goated Phil into making those statements by "specifically asking this and that." "Phil just said what he thought, what was on his heart," Robertson said, though he admitted his father "did some paraphrasing there."
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But when pressed about the verse Phil paraphrased - which compares homosexuals to prostitutes, adulterers, idolaters, the greedy, drunkards, slanders and swindlers, and stated they would all go to Hell - Robertson stood by his father's literal interpretation of the book. "I believe what the Bible says," he declared.
"Anybody who knows [Phil] ... any gay, straight, black, white, anybody who knows Phil knows that he is about love and his message is about God's love, God's grace and his forgiveness, ultimately," Robertson's wife Korieadded.
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Since we posted The Contest, So Far…, until this past Thursday at midnight, we received 19 additional photos. Some were quite good, some mediocre. None of these photos were shot by professionals, none spent hours food styling and we certainly didn't aexpect such, the three top ones are quite good. Before we show you the winning picture and the two runners up, here is one photo that I wish could have been at least a runner up. The colors are beautiful, it is very sharp but the lighting is uneven, distracting and there is no definite overall pattern…
While the specific angle of the picture avoided harsh shadows, it was obviously shot with flash as opposed to available or natural light. As a result there is some glare which greatly detracts from the photo. It could have been a very good shot… It was taken by a teenager in Providence, RI. We truly thank you for your efforts and interest!
The second runner up, took the following:
Sharp with no unseemly shadows and taken with available light; the turkey definitely looks inviting. It could have used some colorful garnishing to make it stand out, but it is a good shot.
The First runner up took what seems like a very busy tablecloth and used it to enhance the look of the actual subject of the photo…
The tablecloth picks up the colors of the pastrami, directing the eye to the food itself. What could have been a very distracting item on the photo actually gives it a warm tone and makes the pastrami burgers look mouthwatering. The flower like pattern of the pickle slices effectively breaks up the almost monochromatic tones of the rest of the photo as it adds interest. Well done!
And the winner is…
This particular recipe, by itself, has no interesting colors, in fact it would be boring. The photographer compensated for this shortcoming by putting it in a red glass bowl, contrasting it against a deep blue multi-tone background, and a tablecloth that complements the colors of the food. Putting the photo at a roguish angle makes it truly interesting. Definitely a winner. Mrs. Zivah A. a copy of Susie Fishbein's latest cookbook, Kosher By Design: Teens And 20 Somethings, will arrive soon at your doorsteps in Lakewood.
We are very grateful to every single one of the 33 people who submitted, thank you for your interest!!!


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Each year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) prepares a World Energy Outlook report that peeks ahead to 2035. The organization tries to predict the trends in energy generation and use that will get us there. The reports are a mix of extrapolating current trends and predicting future ones. Although they often miss the mark, they also often provide a provocative look at the big picture of the energy economy, pointing out things that can be easy to miss when the focus tends to be on the day-to-day fluctuations in prices.
This year's was no exception. One of the key conclusions is that the US could reach energy self-sufficiency by 2020. That doesn't mean we'll stop importing oil; rather, we'll be exporting so much coal and natural gas that it will offset our oil imports. Those imports will also be kept in check by a combination of increased fuel efficiency and expanded extraction within the US.
The overall conclusion of the report is that the world will remain addicted to fossil fuels for the indefinite future. This is in part because of subsidies. Around the globe, governments are subsidizing their use to the tune of over half a trillion dollars. That's over six times the subsidies given to renewable energy, and up 30 percent from the year before.
But that addiction is being fed by a technology the IEA didn't see coming in earlier years: the fracking techniques that open up underground deposits where rocks had previously trapped hydrocarbons. Fracking has dramatically lowered the cost of energy in the US and has started to displace enough coal for power generation that the US is exporting its excess (primarily to Europe). Longer term, the IEA expects the US will become a net exporter of natural gas as well.
But the surprise in this report comes in terms of oil, where the IEA expects fracking techniques will trigger a similar revolution of such scale that the US will produce more oil than Saudi Arabia by 2020. Combined with the Canadian oil sands and traditional sources of oil, this boom will make North America a net exporter of oil by the 2030s. That boom in production will come at a time where fuel economy standards for vehicles will start to have a serious impact on the US's gasoline use, helping to push the country toward a net energy independence.
(The other big story in oil is that Iraq will likely return to its status as a major producer, displacing Russia as the second largest exporter. The country will also ship its oil to Asia, since North America won't need it.)
They key role of energy efficiency in driving the US trends in oil use isn't happening more widely, and the IEA can barely contain its disappointment. It estimates that 80 percent of the efficiency allowed by current technology is untapped in the building sector, and another 50 percent in industry. Full adoption of known efficiency measures would allow oil demand to peak in 2020 and decline by over a Russia's worth of crude by 2035. Carbon dioxide emissions would follow a similar trajectory. More generally, we could save a fifth of our current global energy demand by that year at a cost of $11.8 trillion, and the savings would easily offset the expense.
The other big trend will be the continued growth of renewable energy. Collectively, these technologies (which include things like hydropower and biomass) are on track to become the second largest source of energy generation as early as 2015, and will be close to displacing coal as the top source by 2035.
In terms of other energy sources, the IEA recognizes that nuclear has an uncertain future in the wake of Fukushima. Coal's future will depend in part on how seriously we take carbon emissions. Its continued use will likely require us to eventually adopt carbon capture and storage on a wide scale if we're to limit climate change to 2°C.
Is there anything on the horizon that could confound all of these predictions? The report points out that just about every form of energy extraction or generation requires water: biofuels and hydropower among the renewables, nuclear and coal in generation, and fracking for oil and gas (oil sand extraction is also water intensive). Water is a scarce resource in many areas of the globe, and there are many other needs competing for its use. Future projects that aren't wind or solar may find their viability threatened by factors that have little to do with the energy economy.


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As a young child in the 1960s, my parents made sure that I was never to be deprived of Amusement Parks. For several consecutive years, they took me to Fantasy Farm, located in Middletown, Ohio (that link will take you to a page filled with photos, videos, and all sorts of interesting information about this park).
The picture above shows me (not quite five years old) during the spring/summer of 1966 riding in "Santa" on one of the power rides. The picture below shows me making friends with a sheep – I'm happy but the animal looks bored!
And here I am in a "blur" going around and around on another "power ride."
And here I am again – I'm surprised the Three Bears allowed me to share their space after what that horribly behaved Goldilocks did to them!
(On a side note – I guess I wasn't the only one who always seemed to get their thumb, fingers or hand in the camera lens while taking a picture. I have scanned several photos today with that familiar "shadow" or "blur" at the right side of the picture!)
From The History of Fantasy Farm the person instrumental in starting the amusement park for children was Edger Streifthau. The park was operational by 1963 and closed in 1991. To read all about the demise of this child-friendly place please click on the link at the beginning of this post.
As for me, even though I wasn't very old, I do remember some of the times I had here and wish that more "child-friendly" places like this existed in the area I now call home.


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S. Epatha Merkerson, Lillias White to team up
NEW YORK (AP) — "Kinky Boots" star Billy Porter's new play has attracted some fearsome talent — Emmy Award-winner S. Epatha Merkerson and Tony Award-winner Lillias White.
Primary Stages said Wednesday that "While Yet I Live" will star Merkerson, White, Elain Graham, Susan Heyward, Kevyn Morrow, Sharon Washington and Larry Powell. Sheryl Kaller will direct the play, which is about a young man's coming of age in Pittsburgh.
The off-Broadway theater also revealed the cast of "Smash" creator Theresa Rebeck's new play, "Poor Behavior." The comedy about two couples spending a not-so-idyllic weekend in the country will star Heidi Armbruster, Brian Avers, Jeff Biehl and Katie Kressler. Evan Cabnet will direct.
Primary Stages, celebrating its 30th season, will also offer "Lives of the Saints," reuniting playwright David Ives and director John Rando.


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There are lots of beloved books getting the big-screen treatment in 2014 — like The Giver, Dark Places, Gone Girl, and Serena just to name a few. Many of these titles can be enjoyed as eBooks and audiobooks free, by visiting the North Carolina Digital Library powered by Overdrive.
The North Carolina Digital Library contains a collection of downloadable audiobooks, eBooks, video, and music for Library customers. Download titles to your PC or Mac computers; you can also download to many eReaders and portable smart devices like phones or tablets.
The North Carolina Digital Library is simple to navigate and can be accessed with an internet browser or the Overdrive Media Console App, a free download from your preferred app store. We also offer classes on getting started with the NCDL at many of our location, visit our Computer Training Bridge webpage to find the next class.
Not interested in movies? NCDL has a growing collection of fiction and nonfiction genres to browse and check out.
"The Giver " by Lois Lowry (Movie release date: Aug. 15)
"Dark Places" by Gillian Flynn (Movie release date: Sept. 1)
"The Maze Runner" by James Dashner (Movie release date: Sept. 19)
"Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn (Movie release date: Oct. 3)
"Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand (Movie release date: Dec. 25)
"Wild" by Cheryl Strayed (Movie release date: 2014)
"Serena" by Ron Rash (Movie release date: 2014). The 2014 On The Same Page title pick.


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Never fear — Global Security Newswire reports:
Major cities and other communities in the United States can take a number of preparedness measures to drastically reduce the number fatalities and illnesses that would follow a nuclear strike, a leading nongovernmental organization declared.
Something called Rad Resilient City was created by the Center for Biosecurity of UPMC (the University of Pittsburgh). No indication what Rad means, but Global Security Newswire explains that it's
… a seven-point checklist … that communities can implement to better protect residents from radioactive fallout after an atomic blast. … starting with obtaining broad community support for nuclear incident preparedness; conducting an ongoing public education campaign on … how people can protect themselves. … The plan also calls for establishing a rapid system for mapping and monitoring radioactive fallout [and] developing strategies and logistics for a large-scale, phased evacuation of a municipality.
… Monica Schoch-Spana, a senior associate at the center. … rejected the assumption that lives cannot be saved after such a catastrophic event. "We must reverse this fatalistic thinking." she said during the panel discussion.
Here's a testimonial "Rad Resilient City" from its website.
"UPMC has presented us all with a gift today — they've given us this preparedness checklist that can help us go back to our families, our communities, our businesses." Tammy Taylor, Leader, Nonproliferation Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
New York City dad to his family: "The Center for Biosecurity has brought us all a wonderful gift."
Little Emma: "What is it, daddy?"
Dad: "Why, it's a plan to help us survive and recover from a nuclear attack."
Emma: "Oh, daddy. We don't ever have to be afraid of anything again."
Dad: "Actually, we won't be 100% secure, Emma, until America is completely protected by missile defense."
Emma: "I'll put that on my Christmas list and send it to Santa!"
Mom: "What's most important is that we'll be together as a family, even as we die a slow death by radiation poisoning."
Yes, Ms. Taylor, cities and regions might find the Center for Biosecurity preparedness plans a useful gift. Though where they'll find the funding is another question. But if yours is like most American families, the silence with which the checklist is met will be deafening.
Failing to demonstrate an interest in preparing for an attack might seem fatalistic to the Center for Biosecurity's Ms. Schoch-Spana. But, one suspects that most Americans have no stomach for thinking about and preparing for a nuclear attack with all that it implies about living through the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse. In fact, preventing the attack would be the gift that keeps on giving.
Besides, what's truly fatalistic is when the United States can't envision a national security policy without weapons which can't be used lest they invite retaliation that condemns us to, if not obliteration, a kind of living death for a generation or two.
Meanwhile, the Center for Biosecurity and the government might count 100,000 dead in a nuclear terror attack on a city rather than 400,000 a triumph of civil defense. But to the inhabitants of the city it's a Pyrrhic victory. Especially considering the hell that the 300,000 who were "saved" will be living through.